Lace measuring and winding machine.



PATENTBD MAY 12, 1908.

B. D. WIGHT. LACE MEASURING AND WINDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1907.

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PATBNTED MAY 12, 1908.

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LAGE MEASURING AND WINDING MACHINE.

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BRINTON DOUGALL WIGHT, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

LACE MEASURING AND WINDING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Application filed. February 23, 1907. Serial No. 358,983.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRINTON DOUGALL i/VIGHT, of the city of Toronto, inthe county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Lace Measuring and WindingMachines, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lace measuring and windingmachines, and the object of the invention is to devise a simple compactand accurate device 01' this class, which may be attached to the side ofa table or counter and the lace preferably unwound, and then rewound andmeasured simultaneously without any liability of soiling or error inmeasurement.

Further objects are to arrange the registering attachment, so that thelace may be measured as it is unwound, if desired, aml to connect theprimary and secondary registering Wheels that they may be set to zeroindependent of each other.

To these ends I have constructed my machine with the main standard,rolls carried thereby, a measuring disk designed to come in contact withthe periphery of the roll at one end and secured on a spindle supportedin suitable bearings, and provided with a worm, a registering devicerotated by the worm, and a lace reel journaled on the top of thestandard, the parts being constructed and arranged in detail ashereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1, is a perspective view showing my improved lace measuringmachine, parts being broken away to exhibit the construction. Fig. 2, isa detail of the registering mechanism. Fig. 3, is a diminutive view ascompared with Fig. 1, showing the U- shaped rod on which the measuringroller and guiding roller are j ournaled. Fig. 4, is a side View showingthe manner of attaching the standard to the counter. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section and Fig. 7 is a verticalsection through the register casing.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is the standard of the machine, which is provided with a lower jaw Athrough the inner end of which extends the set screw A by which thestandard is secured to the counter B. The standard A has attached to orforming part of it the bracket A in Which is fitted the ends of the U orloopshaped bar O, which carries the guiding roller D and the measuringroller E.

The guiding roller D is provided with adjustable collars D and D,whereby the lace may be guided backwards and forwards on to anypredetermined width of reel.

Both the guiding roll D as well as the measuring roll E have endsthrough which extend the two portions of the U-shaped rod 0, and suchrollers are consequently journaled on the two portions of such rod.

The end of the roller E is provided with an annular rubber band E.

2 is the measuring disk which is preferably provided with a knurled)eriphery, and meshes with the annular banc E. The disk 2 is secured onthe end of the spindle 3, which is journaled in suitable bearings F, inthe register casing F, which has an outwardly extending portion Fforming a guide-way by which it is supported on the top of the bracket Fsecured on the lower end of the standard A as indicated.

The set screw G is provided in order to secure the casing in any desiredposition on the bracket F.

The spindle 3 is provided with a worm 3 and the end knobs 3 whereby itmay be turned by hand. The Worm 3 meshes with the toothed unitregistering wheel 4, the spindle 4 of which is journaled in suitablebearings in the casing F and cover plate F.

5 5 are spring lingers secured on each side of the registering disk 4,and the lowermost of which is set one way and the uppermost in theopposite way.

It will be noted that the fingers 5 5 are formed mostly annular in form,one end of the annulus being secured to the disk 4 and the other endbeing free and lying close to the disk. The free end of the lowermostlinger engages with one of the teeth of the tens registering wheel 6,the spindle 6 of which is journaled in bearings in the casing F and thecover plate F. The disk 4 over-rides or lies on top o'l the edge of thedisk 6, so that either spring finger 5 or 5, which is below the disk 4for the time being engages with one of the notches ol the disk 6 uponeach rotation of the disk 4.

H is the reel, which comprises a central spindle ll journaled inbearings at the top of the standard A and provided with a crank handleII, a bracket H" secured on the inner end of the spindle and providedwith grooves H, a clamping plate H having corresponding grooves IIlocated opposite the grooves H" in the bracket H and arms I held in thegrooves between the bracket and the plate by the clamping screws J.

The .arms I are wire arms somewhat in straight loop form, therebyserving as guideways for the plates K, which carry the bars which arestraight loop-bars as indicated and which are desired to be inserted inbetween the lace and the board upon which it is wound, so as to carrythe lace board. The plates K are adjustable radially in the loop guidesbeing held in any desired position by the clamping screws L.

In order to hold the cloth board in position I provide two laterallyextending projections 7 on the plate H a set screw 7, which extendsthrough one of the projections and is designed to be brought against thecloth board as indicated in Fig. 1, portion only of the cloth boardbeing shown for the purpose of illustration.

Having now described the principal parts involved in my invention Ishall briefly describe its operation and utility.

The lace board is placed on the loop bars K by inserting such barsbetween the lace and the board. The crank handle of the reel is thenturned and the lace unwound off into a basket or other receptacle. Tomeasure the lace the end of the lace is drawn over the roller D andunder the roller E, and then the end attached to the lace board. Thereel is now turned and as the lace is drawn through, the wheel 2engaging with the rubber annular band E on the end of the roller iscaused to rotate, and as such disk is preferably a quarter of a yard incircumference the lace as it is being wound on the reel will be measuredaccurately on registering mechanism deriving movement from the worm 3.

If desired the lace may be measured as it is being unwound in which casethe reverse of the above operation is necessary. In this case theregistering wheel 4 would be reversed or turned up side down in order tohave the now top finger as the bottom finger, so that such wheel inturning in the opposite direction would give the required movement tothe ultimate registering disk 6.

Such a lace measuring device as I have described is simple, compact andcheaply made to effect the end desired.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a lace measuring and winding machine, the combination with astandard having means for securing it to the counter and a bracketextending outwardly therefrom at the bottom, of a U- or loop-shaped rodhaving the end secured in the bracket, a measuring roller journaled onone portion of the rod,

and a guiding roller journaled on the other portion parallel with themeasuring roller, and suitable adjustable collars on the guiding rolleras and for the purpose specified.

2. In a lace measuring and winding machine, the combination with astandard having means for securing it to the counter and a bracketextending outwardly therefrom at the bottom, of a U- or loop-shaped rodhaving the end secured in the bracket, a measuring roller journaled onone portion of the rod, a guiding roller journaled on the other portionparallel with the measuring roller, adjustable collars on the guidingrollers, and a reel journaled in the top of the standard and designed tohold the lace board, and means for turning the reel, such as a crankhandle as and for the purpose specified.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with themeasuring wheel and spindle thereof journaled in suitable bearings andprovided with a worm, of a measuring disk having two spring-shapedfingers, one located at the top and the other at the bottom and beingsubstantially circular and reversely set as to the fastening of the endsof the finger and the ultimate registering disk with which one of theaforesaid fingers is designed to co-act as and for the purposespecified.

4. The combination with the standard, of the reel spindle having meansfor turning the same and provided with a grooved bracket at one end,wire loop guides fitting in the grooves of the bracket, a grooved plateand a clamping screw for holding it in position to hold the ends of theloop guides, and bars ad justable on the loop guides as and for thepurpose specified.

5. The combination with the standard, of the reel spindle having meansfor turning the same and provided with a grooved bracket at one end,wire loop guides fitting in the grooves of the bracket, a grooved plate,and a clamping screw for holding it in position to hold the ends of theloop guides, and grooved plates having loop bars extending laterallytherefrom, and a clamping screw for adjustably holding the plates on theloop guides as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with the reel having the radially arranged bars and acentral plate, of projections extending laterally from the plate, a setscrew extending through one of the projections and designed to abut thecloth board and hold it in position as and for the purpose specified.

BRINTON DOUGALL WIGHT.

WVitnesses B. BOYD, A. CRIGHTON.

